New Work in Ashland

Rick Dildine, Director of St Louis Shakes, in Ashland

Rick is about to start as the Executive Director of Shakespeare and Company in Lennox, a later stop on our trip. But he and I chatted in Lithia Park about his work in St Louis (especially Shakes 38), what Ashland means to him, and about the excellent new play we’d just seen, Robert Schenkkan’s The Great Society about President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Photo Recaps

Images from the Road

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2.20.15
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Notes from the Road

'In Shakespeare's Steps'

In posting this last poem from the Road, written while we were towards the...

10.3.14
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What would Shakespeare do?

In this interview with the Co-Founder of the American Shakespeare Center and its Artistic...

10.2.14
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Infectious Enthusiasm

The American Shakespeare Center has a flourishing education programme which is based at the...

9.16.14
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Actor-Centricity!

It was pleasure to meet with Glenn and Sara, Residential and Touring Troupe Managers...

9.12.14
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Actor Insights

Actors’ Voices from the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Greg Vinkler on Falstaff’s self-awareness and on being visited by the fat knight in...

9.11.14
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Life at the Blackfriars

Our time with the last of our fourteen partners, The American Shakespeare Center at...

9.11.14
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Energetic, Connecting Shakespeare

Denice Hicks is the Artistic Director of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. It was our...

9.8.14
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Eddie George and David Olney among the Stars of Nashville Shakes

Well, we’re back in Stratford-upon-Avon after our Shakespeare road-trip adventure. But in some ways...

9.7.14
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The Song of the Bluegrass Bard

In this land of musician and poet, Through our Country, our Blues, and our...

9.3.14

Follow our journey across North America in search of Shakespeare